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This course introduces the basic theories, methods, research, and applications in sensation and perception, with a focus on vision science. The world as we perceive it is constructed by us based on the pattern of stimulation impinging on the sensory systems: our body turns different physical stimuli into neural impulses, and our brain receives and interprets these impulses, giving rise to our sensation and perception. The course consists of lectures and tutorials. The lectures will: (1) focus on psychological and neurobiological theories of sensation and perception that uncover the processes by which we construct our perception of the world; (2) introduce classical and modern psychophysical methods, as well as the basic concepts of Fourier analysis; (3) and touch upon the broad context of sensation and perception, such as philological musings and applications in design and information visualization. The tutorials will provide demonstrations, hands-on practice, and research experience.
This book tells about perception- how experiences are created by your senses and how you use these experiences to interact with the environment. It is aimed at understanding how humans and animals perceive, starting with the detectors- the eyes, ears, skin receptors, and receptors in the nose and mouth- and then moving on to the computer- the brain. It unravels the complexities of the mechanisms that create perceptions, by exploring the beginnings of the perceptual process, neural processing, cortical organization, perceiving objects and scenes, visual attention, taking action, perceiving motion, perceiving color, perceiving depth and size, hearing, speech perception, the cutaneous senses, and the chemical senses.
This book is a powerful primer on how — and why — some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. It proposes that the fault that people fell inept as trying to figure out how to deal with common objects in daily life lies not in ourselves but in design that ignores the needs and psychology of people. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization. The book is revised to keep the timeless principles of psychology up to date with ever-changing new technologies.
This book introduces what the science of perception can tell us about visualization. This scientific approach based on perception uniquely promises design rules that transcend the vagaries of design fashion, being based on the relatively stable structure of the human visual system. Chapter One provides a general conceptual framework and the theoretical context for a vision-science-based approach. The next four chapters discuss what can be considered to be the low-level perceptual elements of vision, color, texture, motion, and elements of form. The later chapters move on the discuss what it takes to perceive patterns in data.
This book presents the philosophical study of perception- how it operates, what it reveals, based on sensory psychology as a source of new insights about the nature of perception. The introductory chapter presents an overview of some global issues, with the aim of contextualizing perception within broader philosophical concerns. The following chapters discuss the synoptic topics taken up in the introductory chapter. The topics of historical background, contemporary philosophical approaches, the senses, what we perceive, integrating sensory information, frameworks for perception, and broader philosophical issues are developed accordingly in separate parts.
This fifth edition continues the mission to bridge the gap between basic visual science and clinical application, with a more streamlined presentation and an even greater focus on clinical relevancy. This book covers virtually every clinically important aspect of visual science, including color vision and its defects, spatial and temporal vision, psychophysics, physiology, and development and maturation of the visual system. Topics covered include experimental approaches, introductory concepts, the duplex retina, photometry, color vision, anomalies of color vision, spatial vision, temporal vision, motion perception, depth perception, psychophysical methodology, functional retinal physiology, parallel processing, striate cortex, information streams and extrastriate processing, gross electrical potentials, development and maturation of vision.
Visual psychophysical techniques are one of the foundational methodologies for the study of vision science. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of visual psychophysics, which studies the relationship between the physical world and human behavior, teaching not only basic techniques but also sophisticated data analysis methodologies and theoretical approaches. It begins with practical information about setting up a vision lab and goes on to discuss the creation, manipulation, ad display of visual images; timing and integration of displays with measurements of brain activities and other relevant techniques; experimental designs; estimation of behavioral function; and examples of psychophysics in applied and clinical settings.
